Mensa’s national award winners announced

The following national Mensa award winners were announced at the Awards Luncheon at the Annual Gathering in Pittsburgh on Friday, July 3. Congratulations to all of the winners!

CHAIRMAN’S CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION
Cookie Bakke
Dan Burg
Robin Crawford
Eliot Kieval
Heather Poirier
Dr. John Sheehan

NATIONAL SERVICE AWARD
(for contributing greatly to the growth and betterment of the organization)
Bob Cox
Kim Jackowski
The Joyce Lundeen
Lessa Scherrer
Jack Woodhead

NATIONAL CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION
(for special contributions to the organization)
Jeff Avery
James Franzen
Terri Keeling
Erik Klein
Barbara Kryvko
Bill Murray

GROUP OF THE YEAR AWARDS (GOTYAs)
Class I:  Chicago Area Mensa
Class II:  Oregon Mensa
Class III:  Piedmont Area Mensa
Class IV:  Boulder/Front Range Mensa
Class V:  North Dakota Mensa

NATIONAL GROUP OWLS
Prolific Owl (in recognition of outstanding membership growth):  North Dakota Mensa: 30-percent increase.
   Honorable mentions:  Southern Idaho Mensa, Blue Grass Mensa
Innovative Owl (in recognition of outstanding membership retention): Sangamon Valley Mensa: 92-percent retention.
   Honorable mentions:  Northern Michigan Mensa, Evansville Area Mensa

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES PROGRAM CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION
Greater New York Mensa  (donations to Toys for Tots and NYCares, activities of Give Back SIG)
Piedmont Area Mensa  (science fair and debating tournament judging, local charity support, three scholarships)
Tucson Mensa  (provided reading material, coloring books and crayons to patients at the Tucson Children’s Clinics)
Oregon Mensa  (raised $1,000 for local scholarships through RG activities)

THE ABBIE PROCTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
David Felt, Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa
   Honorable mentions:
   Region 1: John Bauman
   Region 7: Ann Knudson

THE DR. SALNY AWARD (for outstanding service in the area of testing)
Greg Kontz, North Dakota Mensa

GIFTED CHILDREN PROGRAM AWARD
Elena Vega, San Francisco Regional Mensa

PEP RALLY CONTEST WINNERS
Region 1:  Claire Natola, Vermont Mensa
Region 2:  Carol Hartman, Central Pennsylvania Mensa
Region 3:  Marianne A. Kane, Dayton Area Mensa
Region 4:  Jane Gmur, Minnesota Mensa
Region 5:  Cristina H. Hinkle, North Alabama Mensa
Region 6:  Brook Carey, South Texas Mensa
Region 7:  Warren Walker, Mid-America Mensa
Region 8:  Sarah Wyatt, Mensa of Western Washington
Region 9:  (tie) Christine Goforth and Laura Tallent, Tucson Mensa
Region 10: Yvonne Ricard, Southwest by South Florida Mensa

CULTUREQUEST® 2009
Teams of Mensans from the U.S. and Canada met and matched wits April 19 during CultureQuest XX. See the victors who won money for their Local Groups

PUBLICATIONS RECOGNITION PROGRAM
Print
Outstanding Newsletter (large group): Much Ado About Mensa, Gary Maycroft and S. Gail Skvarenina, Greater Phoenix Mensa
Outstanding Newsletter (medium group): i.e., Tom Pigeon, Inland Empire Mensa
Outstanding Newsletter (small group): Neva-Mind, Anna Wright, Northern Nevada Mensa
Owl (for highest achievement): Much Ado About Mensa, Gary Maycroft and S. Gail Skvarenina, Greater Phoenix Mensa
Web
Outstanding Web Site (large group): Ronan Heffernan, Tampa Bay Mensa
Outstanding Web Site (medium group): Jill Russ, Northwest Florida Mensa
Outstanding Web Site (small group): Windy Haddad, Plains and Peaks Mensa
Owl (for highest achievement): Jill Russ, Northwest Florida Mensa

AMERICAN MENSA HALL OF FAME
This year’s inductee is Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Visit www.halloffame.us.mensa.org for details.

Visit www.us.mensa.org/awards for more information on the awards presented during the annual luncheon, as well as a complete list of past winners.

Reprinted from the July 2009 AML Today